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  • 19 Apr 16

The Damned return to Dublin

The Damned return to Dublin
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

The indestructible punk band are doing their legendary thing in August

Legendary punk outfit The Damned are back in Dublin on August 26 for a show in The Academy, tickets for which are €25 and go on sale on Friday.
The first UK punk band to release a single – ‘New Rose’ dropped five weeks before the Sex Pistols’ ‘Anarchy In The UK’ – their ranks still include founder members Dave Vanian and Captain Sensible.
Their crazy life and times were chronicled last year by Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead, a superb doc from Lemmy: The Movie director Wes Orshoski.

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